Broome High School students paying forward kindness to fellow Centurions

Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8:34 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8:34 p.m.

Broome High School students have been busy at work, getting ready for final exams but also hand-writing individual notes to every faculty and staff member at Centura Junior/Senior High School in Cairo, Neb.

Broome selected the seventh through 12th grade school as the next link in a chain of kindness that began in Massachusetts and crossed the country to California before coming to Spartanburg last month. On April 24, the Broome Centurions received a care package filled with cards, shirts, hats and other items from the fellow Centurions at Saugus High School in Saugus, Calif. The California school was passing along a similar act of kindness they received from Saugus High School in Saugus, Mass.

Since then, administrators from the three schools have connected and formed a bond between the cross-country campuses. Broome Principal Todd Hardy said the principals plan to deliver a similar message of paying it forward and giving back at their respective graduations this year. Also, Hardy said two faculty members from Saugus High School in California visited Broome last week on their way to a wedding in North Carolina. While in Spartanburg, they picked up a care package from Broome to take back to California.

"I'm just blown away by it all," Hardy said. "It's been very surprising to me that this has grown the legs it has. It's good to see that good news still travels."

Hardy said students drew the name of the next recipient from a hat containing the names of other schools with Centurion mascots. A box containing the personalized notes from Broome students to Centura faculty and staff, T-shirts, hats and other memorabilia was put in the mail Thursday.

"(Students) are very proud of it, and wanted to make sure they got the notes just right," Hardy said. "We told (students) that this is something we believe in, giving a little bit more than you've been given."

<p>Broome High School students have been busy at work, getting ready for final exams but also hand-writing individual notes to every faculty and staff member at Centura Junior/Senior High School in Cairo, Neb.</p><p>Broome selected the seventh through 12th grade school as the next link in a chain of kindness that began in Massachusetts and crossed the country to California before coming to Spartanburg last month. On April 24, the Broome Centurions received a care package filled with cards, shirts, hats and other items from the fellow Centurions at Saugus High School in Saugus, Calif. The California school was passing along a similar act of kindness they received from Saugus High School in Saugus, Mass.</p><p>Since then, administrators from the three schools have connected and formed a bond between the cross-country campuses. Broome Principal Todd Hardy said the principals plan to deliver a similar message of paying it forward and giving back at their respective graduations this year. Also, Hardy said two faculty members from Saugus High School in California visited Broome last week on their way to a wedding in North Carolina. While in Spartanburg, they picked up a care package from Broome to take back to California.</p><p>"I'm just blown away by it all," Hardy said. "It's been very surprising to me that this has grown the legs it has. It's good to see that good news still travels."</p><p>Hardy said students drew the name of the next recipient from a hat containing the names of other schools with Centurion mascots. A box containing the personalized notes from Broome students to Centura faculty and staff, T-shirts, hats and other memorabilia was put in the mail Thursday.</p><p>"(Students) are very proud of it, and wanted to make sure they got the notes just right," Hardy said. "We told (students) that this is something we believe in, giving a little bit more than you've been given."</p>